front tow ball

Hi folks
we bought a k reg 200 TDI specificaly for caravaning and would like to know what is easiest cheapest way to fit a ball on the front just to shunt the caravan a short distance have search the web and there are a frames available to fit between the chasis rails and also a home made brace kit of the towing eye but have not got welding equipment what would happen if i just bolted it to the bumper and put strenthening packer behind only need to go a few feet twice a year

lazydog said:

Hi folks
what would happen if i just bolted it to the bumper and put strenthening packer behind only need to go a few feet twice a year

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I've done that for draging my trailer back out of the woods when I can't turn round - works a treat / no problem.

put it this way - I bin towed more miles than i care to remember on my front tow ball - no probs (at least not with towing).

how big was the packer behind ----never had this prob with series lanies !

Not a problem, I used to shunt 3.5t trailers around with this setup just fine..

Hope this helps!

Dennis

I had just an ordinary 50mm tow ball bolted directly to my 200tdi's front bumper, put a chunk of steel behind just to reinforce it a bit and no problems at all pushing a caravan about, the only thing wrong was, that it was a tad high. But worked fine. I sold my 200tdi this year and found that on my series 2 td5 there was nowhere to bolt one so had to buy a kit 'cos I missed it so much.

Regards
RichardG